Toilet alarms: A novel application of latrine sensors and machine learning for optimizing sanitation services in informal settlements

The cost-effectiveness and reliability of waste collection services in informal settlements can be difficult to optimize given the geospatial and temporal variability of latrine use. Daily servicing to avoid overflow events is inefficient, but dynamic scheduling of latrine servicing could reduce cos...

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Main Authors: Nick Turman-Bryant, Taylor Sharpe, Corey Nagel, Lauren Stover, Evan A. Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Development Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352728520300063